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Here are some suggestions for how to make a bokeh texture that you might use as a background. …And this file begins like this. And the key here is that when we use the …Bokeh Effects in the Blur Gallery, what we find is that the highlight values tend …to blur out very quickly. So we need to tame those highlights …before we apply the effect. So starting here, let me just illustrate …the nature of the problem before we go any further. …I'll convert to Smart Objects. And then if we go to Field Blur, as soon …as I increase the amount of blur and bring up the Light Bokeh, when these …discs start appearing they all too quickly will burn out in these highlight areas.…

So, before we do that, I'm going to come to the Select menu and to Color Range. …I'm now going to make a sand port colors selection. …Clicking on some highlight area, holding down my Shift key to extend that selection. …Anything that looks bright, let's include it in the selection. …So, we end up with a selection that's going to look like that. …

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5/4/2015

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4/26/2013

Filters are a part of Adobe Photoshop often misused or overlooked by designers. Author Nigel French teaches a creative approach to filters, explaining how to combine them both with other filters and with the Photoshop masking and blending tools for maximum visual impact. Plus, learn how to use filter blending modes, filter masks, and how to stack filters to create unique filter combinations.